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* Your Story MattersSun, 29 Mar 2015 01:00:19 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3The Essential Classical Guitar Scale Bookhttp://www.vanguard.edu/provost/the-essential-classical-guitar-scale-book/
http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/the-essential-classical-guitar-scale-book/#commentsWed, 18 Feb 2015 16:22:47 +0000http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/?p=4817Assistant Professor of Music and classical guitarist, Michael Nigro, has recently co-authored and published a book called “The Essential Classical Guitar Scale Book”. “The Essential Classical Guitar Scale Book” can be used by all guitarists no matter where they are on their path to mastering the instrument. For the teacher and student, this book is essential because it is a complete and codified scale system that can be used to learn proper finger placement, coordination, music theory, and a general knowledge of the guitar fretboard.”

]]>http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/the-essential-classical-guitar-scale-book/feed/0Dr. Stenhouse: Featured Speaker for Newport and Costa Mesa Chambers of Commercehttp://www.vanguard.edu/provost/dr-stenhouse-featured-speaker-for-newport-and-costa-mesa-chamber-of-commerce/
http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/dr-stenhouse-featured-speaker-for-newport-and-costa-mesa-chamber-of-commerce/#commentsFri, 16 Jan 2015 19:15:11 +0000http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/?p=4776On Wednesday, January 21st, 2015, Dr. Andrew Stenhouse will be presenting on Employee Engagement: 7 Steps Towards Total Performance, at the Newport and Costa Mesa Chambers of Commerce Networking Luncheon. Dr. Stenhouse has over 30 years of experience in developing leaders for profit and non-profit organizations, making him an excellent resource for any organization. To find out more details about this event, please click here.
]]>http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/dr-stenhouse-featured-speaker-for-newport-and-costa-mesa-chamber-of-commerce/feed/0Macchia Nominated for Lifetime Achievement Awardhttp://www.vanguard.edu/provost/macchia-nominated-for-lifetime-achievement-award/
http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/macchia-nominated-for-lifetime-achievement-award/#commentsFri, 05 Dec 2014 00:49:56 +0000http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/?p=4683Dr. Frank Macchia, Professor of Theology, has been selected for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Society for Pentecostal Studies meeting in March at Southeastern University. The Society for Pentecostal Studies is is an organization of scholars dedicated to providing a forum of discussion for all academic disciplines as a spiritual service to the kingdom of God (SPS Website).

Dr. Macchia has had several notable scholarly achievements in the past year, which are reflective of his nomination for the lifetime achievement award. He presented a paper on the Anchor Bible Commentary on Revelation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) in San Diego this past November.

“God Says What the Text Says: Another Look at Karl Barth’s View of Scripture,” in Christian T. Collins Winn and John L. Drury, eds. Karl Barth and the Future of Evangelical Theology (Cascade Books, 2014).

Dr. Macchia also had this article published:

“Koinonia in the Spirit: A Pentecostal Engagement with ‘The Church: Towards a Common Vision,’” Ecumenical Trends 43:10 (Nov. 2014).

For more information on Dr. Macchia and the Vanguard University Religion programs, please visit the department website here.

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http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/dr-doug-petersen/#commentsFri, 05 Dec 2014 00:37:28 +0000http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/?p=4688Dr. Doug Petersen presented on the topic “Pentecostalism in Costa Rica and Nicaragua: Historical and Theological Perspectives” at the Empowered 21 Global Scholars Consultation on November 3-6th at SemiSud College of the Church of God in Quito, Ecuador. This presentation will be published as a chapter in the volume, Latin American Pentecostalism, a publication forthcoming in 2015 from Wipf and Stock Publishers in Eugene, OR.

For more information on Dr. Petersen and the Vanguard University Religion programs, please visit the department website here.

]]>http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/dr-doug-petersen/feed/0Nursing Professor Presents for Hoag’s Nursing Grand Roundshttp://www.vanguard.edu/provost/nursing-professor-presents-for-hoags-nursing-grand-rounds/
http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/nursing-professor-presents-for-hoags-nursing-grand-rounds/#commentsThu, 06 Nov 2014 22:50:28 +0000http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/?p=4499Dr. Julia Wilson, Associate Professor of Nursing, recently presented her doctoral research on “Factors Influencing Mental Health in a Cardiac Population”, at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, CA on August 14, 2014. Her presentation was part of Hoag’s Nursing Grand Rounds and was video conferenced to the Hoag location in Irvine as well.

For more information on Dr. Wilson and the Vanguard University RN to BSN and MSN programs, please visit the department website here.

]]>http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/nursing-professor-presents-for-hoags-nursing-grand-rounds/feed/0Original Piece from Music Professor Debutedhttp://www.vanguard.edu/provost/original-piece-from-music-professor-debuted/
http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/original-piece-from-music-professor-debuted/#commentsWed, 08 Oct 2014 21:57:34 +0000http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/?p=4368Professor of Music, Dr. Greg Glancey, was commissioned by the Cadillac Moon Ensemble to write a piece for the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers (CFAMC) national conference at BIOLA University. The commissioned work (Luna Agitata) will be performed on Saturday, October 11th at 7:30 pm in the Lansing Auditorium (BIOLA).

For more information on Dr. Glancey and the Vanguard University Music Department, click here.

]]>http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/original-piece-from-music-professor-debuted/feed/0Professor Presents on Health Care for the Homelesshttp://www.vanguard.edu/provost/professor-presents-on-health-care-for-the-homeless/
http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/professor-presents-on-health-care-for-the-homeless/#commentsWed, 01 Oct 2014 01:02:51 +0000http://www.vanguard.edu/provost/?p=4299Professor of Sociology, Dr. Edward Clarke, will present on the topic, “Health and Healthcare: Estimating the Cost of Care for Costa Mesa Homeless,” at Healthcare and Homelessness Economics Conference: Theory to Practical Solutions, hosted by the California State University Fullerton Community Advisory Board on Homeless Issues and the United Way. This presentation is part of Dr. Clarke’s continued efforts to collect data on, and improve the well-being of, the homeless population in Costa Mesa.

Dr. Clarke’s presentation will examine the estimated cost of services, types of services utilized, and health care status of 182 members of the homeless population in Costa Mesa. His research is based on in depth interviews conducted over a period of six days at five different homeless service locations. Dr. Clarke will suggest, based on his data, that a new approach to preventing and treating health problems among the homeless should be considered.

For more information on Dr. Clarke and his research, please visit the home page for the Department of Anthropology and Sociology (here).

Assistant Professor of Music and classical guitarist, Michael Nigro, will be on a brief tour in Georgia the first week of October. If you’re in the area, please come and see him! Below are his concert dates. For more information on Professor Nigro, visit the Music Department website (here) or his personal website (here).

Professor of Theatre Arts, David Pecoraro, recently gave an interview for the website thisisoffcampus.org detailing how he got into Theatre production, and what advice he would give to college graduates on their graduation day. In the interview, Professor Pecoraro says students should start transitioning into the workforce before graduation so it’s not an overnight transition. He also recounts his memories about being in the M.F.A. program at Temple University. Highlights of the interview which was originally broadcast on November 20th, 2013 can be found at this link http://thisisoffcampus.org/interviews/david-pecoraro/.

For more information about Vanguard’s Theatre Arts Department, visit the Department Website here.

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that beloved Vanguard professor Dr. Elizabeth Dermody Leonard passed away on Sunday, May 18 in Ireland, her home since retiring from Vanguard.

Dr. Leonard taught at Vanguard University as a full-time faculty member in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, serving as an Assistant Professor of Sociology from 1997 to 2002, and then as Associate Professor of Sociology from 2002 to 2007, and finally as Professor of Sociology from 2007 to 2011. She delivered and expanded the Sociology curriculum to include areas of specialization in gender and crime, the sociology of women, corrections, family violence and juvenile delinquency, and played in integral role in helping grow the Sociology major to one hundred majors.

Dr. Leonard sustained a robust research agenda during her tenure at Vanguard University, producing a book (Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill, State University of New York Press, 2002), four book chapters and nine articles in peer-reviewed journals. She was widely recognized as an expert on issues related to battered women in prison and domestic violence, and as such, was invited to present research, guest lecture, provide expert witness testimony, and give various public presentations on seventy different occasions, and in diverse institutional settings and locales in the United States and Europe.

She served Vanguard University faithfully by being a tireless leader and advocate of interdisciplinary collaboration, which included serving as the Co-Director of Vanguard University’s Center for Women’s Studies from 2002 to 2005. She advised, counseled, and mentored countless numbers of students who, upon graduating from Vanguard University, followed her example by pursing vocations that advance the public good.

Elizabeth was highly respected, admired and regarded by the students at Vanguard University, who voted her the Faculty Member of the Year for 1999-2000, and again as Faculty Member of the Year for 2006-2007. Over the years students have consistently expressed their affection for her and their appreciation of her guidance and support.

Upon her retirement, Dr. Leonard was granted the status of faculty emerita. Dr. Leonard was a devoted colleague and friend and will be greatly missed.

Please keep Dr. Leonard’s family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.